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J. RINGS.

RING FOR GURTAIN POLES. I No.26'7j938. V Patented Nov. 21, 1882.

V WITNESSES INVELTTOB, 1&1; Swk'xus R'wxga V 7 BY ATTORNEYi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS RINGS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RING FoR CURTAlN-POLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,938, dated November 21, 1882.

Application filed April 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS RINGS, a citizen of theGerman Empire, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rings for Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of rings for curtain-poles which are provided with rollers turning on axles soldered within the ring, so thatthe rollers serve as rolling bearings for the ring in its movements on the pole.

The object ot'my invention is to provide such rings with loose anti-friction rollers, which are adapted to revolve in any direction to act as rolling hearings in any movement of the ring, to provide such rings with sockets the walls of which serve as bearings for the rollers, and to provide simple means for retaining the rollers in position without the necessity of perforating them forthe passage of axles. These objects I accomplish by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of a hollow ring provided with anti-friction rollers. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of a solid ring. Fig. 3 is a detached plan of an attaching-plate. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, the letter A' designates a hollow rin g of the usual construction. In the inner side of this ring I produce one or more sockets, a a, into which are placed the antifriction rollers 12 b, the peripheries of which rest or bear against the walls of the sockets, and in order to retain these rollers in the sock ets suitable attaching-plates, c, are secured to the ring.

"the roller, the arms d d,which extend from the I same, being bent round the ring, so as to retain the roller in its sockets. If the ring A is solid, as shownin Fig. 2, suitable sockets, a a, are produced in its inner side, the anti-friction rollers b I) are. dropped into their sockets,'and then plates 0 c are applied to retain the rollers in their sockets; but in either instance the walls of the sockets serve as bearings for the loose rollers, and hence the latter are adapted to rotate in every direction whether the ring be moved longitudinally, transversely, or otherwise on the pole.

The curtains are attached to the rings Aby means of eyes e in the usual manner, and if the curtains are opened or closed the rings must slide-along on the pole B. If the rings bear directly upon the pole, they are liable to catch on the pole, and the operation of opening or closing the curtain is impeded. This difficulty is overcome by my invention, since my rings, being provided with anti-friction rollers, slide along on the pole with perfect ease and without danger of catching or binding.

1 do not claim a ring for curtain-poles provided with rollers arranged to turn on axles fixed within the ring, as such is not my invention; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A ring for curtain-poles, constructed with a socket, in combination with a loose roller having its periphery supported by the walls of the sockets, and a roller-retainingplate secured to the inner side of the ring, and having an opening through which the roller projects to rest on the pole, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses.

JULIUS RIQIGS. [L. 5.] Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

